Celtus

For other uses, see Celtus (disambiguation).

"Keltos" redirects here. For the racehorse, see Keltos (horse).

In Greek mythology, Celtus (/ˈsɛltəs/; Ancient Greek: Κέλτος Keltos /ˈkɛlˌtɒs/) may refer to three various figures:

• Celtus, the eponymous progenitor of the Celts.^[1] There are two alternative traditions. One, found in Appian's Illyrian Wars,^[2] holds that Celtus was the son of Polyphemos and Galatea and the brother of Illyrius and Galas.^[3] The other, found in the Erotica Pathemata ("Sorrows of Love") by the 1st-century grammarian Parthenius of Nicaea,^[4] and also known from the medieval Etymologicum Magnum,^[5] has Celtus as the son of Heracles and Celtine.^[6]
• Celtus, son of Periboea and Meges, a rich man son of Dymas. He was killed by Neoptolemus.^[7]
• Celtus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[8] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[9]